Wednesday, December 7, 2016

This will be very short. Just wanted to let you all know out there in Bloggerland that I have a new (well, new to me - reconditioned) laptop and I can finally blog again. It has been since July so I have lots of ideas in my head for posts. Watch for me again on Wednesdays!

Here is a photo from 1979 at a backyard wedding for dear friends Cindy and Joe (still dear friends and still married!)
Left to right Cathie, Chuk (rest in peace my dear friend), hubby Rich, yours truly (in my patchwork dress I made), and Janet. Molly, Joe and Cindy's dog (long gone over the rainbow bridge) in front of our feet.

Tuesday, December 6, 2016

When Lori came to stay over Thanksgiving, I had put some pretty "new" (thrifted, vintage) sheets on the guest bed.
I love them - but they won't fit on our bed, so the guest room got lucky:

The colors on the sheets made me think of this picture from a vintage Barbie magazine I have:
"If It's Your Own Room, Make It Pretty..." - yes, well - that goes for any other room where somebody will sleep, right?

"Any more ways to dream prettily?"
Skipper had a few ideas - and a room of her own...
"And it's a Dream!"

(I love it, myself.)

I wish I had one of these; it's adorable!

It's ready to travel, just fold it up and tote it anywhere you wish to go and play.
Hey - bring it over here, if you'd like!
I'll play with you!
Colorful and fabulous:

I adore all of the details that the designers at Mattel put into this :

Look at the furniture - and those built-in shelves!

I want pink and red built-in shelves in MY room.

(I've already got plenty of my own books and albums, LOL!)

I borrowed some of the pictures on my post today from the blog "Two Crazy Crafters".
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Monday, November 14, 2016

Here I am again with some of my favorite finds.
First up, three more adorable vintage Counterpoint magnets for my collection:

A pretty papier mache gift box, backed by gorgeous batik fabric:

Another fabulous flower power vintage suitcase!
I hate to pick favorites, but I mean - come on.... right?
I love it:

I think this vintage mug pairs remarkably well with the vintage fabric I found at the same thrift store:

I do not know how to translate what it says on this vintage tile, but it's sweet, so, who cares?
(Actually, I do! I'd love to know what it says. Anybody?)
I think it may be either Figgjo Flint or Berggren, but I'm not sure.
I DO know that I really like it!

I found this great vintage avocado green kitchen scale from Sears:

I also found a nice little stash of bump chenille - I rarely find any of this, so I thought it was pretty cool:

And this little cache of vintage baby stuff, including the fab vintage Irmi pieces (from a crib mobile, I suspect) was all together in a little "grab" bag at an antique show. I grabbed, it all right!

That's it for today!
More to come, soon.
Because I cannot seem to stay away from the thrift shops to save my life..........

Saturday, November 12, 2016

A while back, I decided to try a recipe I had seen Trisha Yearwood make on her Food Network TV program "Trisha's Southern Kitchen.
I really enjoy her show. I like her a lot; I enjoy her music, and also her personality.
She's very down-to-earth, and she just seems like the kind of woman who could become an instant friend, if you had the opportunity to meet and spend time with her!
I made it in my Lodge cast iron skillet, which was a Christmas gift last year.

You can find the recipe on the Food Network's website. (Click here to view the recipe.)

It was easy to make, and we liked it!

I didn't end up making the Cinnamon Whipped Cream, which I believe I would have liked very much, as well.
I didn't have any heavy cream on hand, so I topped it with vanilla ice cream instead.
My only issue was that I found it difficult to get the brown sugary layer of goodness at the bottom out of the pan while cutting it.
I may have baked it a bit too long; I'm not sure.
But it was good.
Very sweet - but good.

Gold Country Girls

About The Gold Country Girls:

We are three sisters who grew up in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada mountains in California, in the area known as the Gold Country, and the Mother Lode. My name is Heidi, and I began this blog in September of 2007 with the hope that my sisters would join in somewhere along the way. I'm happy to say that they do, indeed contribute!On this blog, you will find that I write a lot about thrift store shopping - one of my favorite pastimes! I absolutely LOVE scoring a great deal on vintage items. I am a collector (of FAR too many things!), and I also have a booth in Jamestown, California where I sell vintage and antique collectibles and housewares, clothing, etc. We also write about memories, family, friends, sewing, local history in the Gold Country area and beyond, crafting, cooking, our favorite places to go (for me, that's Disneyland!), music, entertainment - pretty much anything that strikes our fancy! Maybe something we have to say, show, or tell will strike a chord within you, or spark a memory. We hope so, and we LOVE comments, so please do share your thoughts. And come along with us on our journey.....